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Backyard ArachnologyTue, 30 Oct 2012 16:34:17 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8Comment on Meet the spider: Zoropsis spinimana by adminhttp://spiderhugger.com/meet-the-spider-zoropsis-spinimana/#comment-377
Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:34:17 +0000http://spiderhugger.com/?p=58#comment-377Zoro is on the prowl in the South Bay, for sure. I liked your post about your quest to identify this fellow, and even more I appreciate your kindness to harmless spiders. Here’s to science!
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Tue, 30 Oct 2012 04:13:36 +0000http://spiderhugger.com/?p=58#comment-376Ah, I have made a blog post about this self-same monster. And just tonight found an enormous specimen in my garage. http://www.danmcsweeney.net/2011/10/21/toward-a-spider-free-existence/
]]>Comment on What’s all this, then? by Lupehttp://spiderhugger.com/sample-page/#comment-24
Fri, 11 May 2012 21:28:46 +0000http://spiderhugger.com/?page_id=2#comment-24How can i send you my spider photos from Yungas subtropical valleys in BOlivia? I have some beautiful spiders, but have NO idea of their classification! If you can give me an address, or a way of posting photos… could you help? WOuld you be interested?
]]>Comment on Meet the spider: Latrodectus hesperus by Michaelhttp://spiderhugger.com/meet-the-spider-latrodectus-hesperus/#comment-23
Fri, 11 May 2012 19:33:40 +0000http://spiderhugger.com/?p=88#comment-23Thanks for the information and photos. Here in southern Oregon, I discovered a few living in my newly built home. I’ve relocated a few over the past few years but mostly note their locations and leave them be. Sometimes I visit with them at night, testing the seasons and hours to see when they show. They’re shy and quick. The lady by the front door on the porch seemed to grow accustomed to my visits and quit diving for cover when I checked it her. I haven’t seen her for a year and sort of miss her.

Friends and family think I’m crazy for not killing spiders on sight. I figure by not killing them, maybe I’m gaining some karma points. I can always use a little good karma.

Cheers

]]>Comment on What’s all this, then? by Nadahttp://spiderhugger.com/sample-page/#comment-12
Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:38:43 +0000http://spiderhugger.com/?page_id=2#comment-12Thank you! This account will intrigue my grandson. And I can emphasize the cat factor, because the same day, I saw my cat chasing (indoors) a slender black spider that might have been a sibling of the one I turfed out (I think the cat gave up). Thanks again!
]]>Comment on What’s all this, then? by charleyhttp://spiderhugger.com/sample-page/#comment-11
Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:42:53 +0000http://spiderhugger.com/?page_id=2#comment-11I found a great little posting on that subject by Rod Crawford, who wrangles spiders at the Burke Museum at the University of Washington. He says that in short, insider spiders live inside and outside spiders live outside, and rarely do they meet. They’re mostly different species with different needs. He wrote that to address the persistent idea (I notice it every year in smallish newspapers and biggish TV stations) that spiders come inside to get out of the cold. Alternatively: that “this year” there’s a bumper crop of spiders, because somebody excitable happened to notice them more than usual. In fact, mostly we spot house spiders in late summer or early fall (not when it’s cold at all, and besides spiders don’t seek out warmth), when the spiders are sexually mature and looking for mates, not a warm blanket. Rod says that in terms of chosen habitat, we’re not really doing a spider a favor by putting it outside.

But you know what? He might not have cats. Or he might not have been thinking of some poor spider caught in the tub who’s going to dry out and die if it’s not rescued by a helpful human. And I know from experience that I see several species inside the house that I also see in the yard, or at least under the edge of a roof or in the (unheated) garage. So I like to think that by ushering outdoors a spider that would otherwise have become a cat toy, especially when the weather’s warm and mild and there’s no risk of it freezing to death, it’s a good deed.

]]>Comment on What’s all this, then? by Nadahttp://spiderhugger.com/sample-page/#comment-10
Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:05:00 +0000http://spiderhugger.com/?page_id=2#comment-10My grandson often checks an unused shower enclosure for bugs, and yesterday saw a spider. Even though there was some evidence that the spider was very happy there (that is, insect carcasses), this 5-y-o was convinced that the spider would be happier outside–so, I moved it out. Then I felt bad about it and told the boy that some spiders may be happier in the house, and he wanted to know if this was true and WHY? Can you comment on “house spiders” please? All I could tell him was that I had kept pet spiders in various dwellings in the past, and had watched them grow on the insects that I couldn’t really see, and so I inferred that they were happy in the house. Any info is appreciated, especially if it will convince my grandson. Thank you! And thank you for this website–I’ll show it to him next week.
]]>Comment on What’s all this, then? by charleyhttp://spiderhugger.com/sample-page/#comment-5
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:06:17 +0000http://spiderhugger.com/?page_id=2#comment-5Great legs, big green eyes, magnificent facial hair … I cannot compete.
]]>Comment on What’s all this, then? by thespiderhuggerswifehttp://spiderhugger.com/sample-page/#comment-4
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:26:29 +0000http://spiderhugger.com/?page_id=2#comment-4That jumping spider up there? I think I love him.
]]>Comment on Blame that spider! by charleyhttp://spiderhugger.com/hello-world/#comment-3
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:12:28 +0000http://spiderhugger.com/?p=1#comment-3Dead, I think.
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